Sergi Roberto says he'll play 'wherever the coach asks'

The Barça midfielder and his teammate, the goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen, fielded questions from reporters on Thursday morning following the team's first training session in the United States

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03:20PM Thursday 20 Jul

20 Jul 17

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Thursday morning in Whippany, New Jersey was a scorcher. Minutes following Barça’s first training session on U.S. soil during this, their 2017 summer tour in the United States, two players, still drenched in sweat as the midmorning temperature here continued to rise, emerged from the main building and sought refuge in one of the few slivers of shade available.

“I’ll play wherever the coach asks me to play,” said the midfielder and full-back Sergi Roberto, as a battery of American reporters angled for position—and a brief respite from the suffocating humidity—with their Spanish counterparts. But despite his openness, there was one small caveat: “I want to get minutes.”

He may very well get his wish, pointing out that with the arrival of Nélson Semedo, “there are more players at full-back.” But despite having trained in the midfield during Thursday’s session, the issue of where the 25-year-old Roberto will play is still very much up in the air.